CRIME
Traders Burn 10-Year-Old Boy In Ebonyi For Stealing Cups Of Rice
A 10-year-old boy, Ifeanyi, was on Saturday thrown into a fire for allegedly stealing a small measure of uncooked rice in a market at Inikiri Benard village, Effium community, in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the lad’s mother was late, while his father was mentally-challenged. A community source said, “The boy was thrown into...
Abia Caretaker Stabs Mechanic To Death Over Electricity Bill
A 42-year-old caretaker, Matthew Ahiwe is currently cooling off in the police net in Umuahia, Abia State capital after allegedly stabbing a mechanic, Chigozie Eluwa of Eziama Ubakala in Umuahia South LGA to death in the early hours of Saturday. A colleague of the deceased mechanic who gave his name as Chigozie Obinna told ABN TV that the late Eluwa...
Boko Haram Launches Fresh Attack In Gwoza Town
Fleeing residents of Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno state have revealed that armed Boko Haram sect has on Sunday night launched a deadly attack on the town with fear of severe casualties. Gwoza is one of the Council areas declared as Boko Haram caliphate until it was liberated. The incident according to sources started at about 10 pm with heavy...
#EndSARS: NANS Decries Arrest, Arraignment Of MOUAU Student, Begs Lagos Govt Intervention
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Abia state chapter has expressed sadness over the arrest and arraignment of a student of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike Stanley Divine Iheanyichukwu. The student body in a statement signed by Rt. Comr. Okereke Johnson Ryder, the Deputy Chairman NANS Abia State Axis wondered why Iheanyichukwu with the Registration number: MOUAU/INTED/18/102582 was...
Cultists Invade MTN Office, Kill Customer
Hundreds of armed cult members on Monday invaded the commercial office of the telecom giant, MTN, along the DSP Alamieyeseigha Way in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, killing a customer who was alleged to be a rival cult member. The murdered customer, who was identified as Victor Abasii, was a native of Ogu town in the Yenagoa Local Government Area...
Police Beat, Arrested Me In A Pool Of Blood While Trying To Secure Bail For My Client – Lawyer Tells Judicial Panel
A lawyer, Ekpagu Chikadibia-Christian says he was mercilessly beaten and arrested by police officers while trying to secure bail for a client. He narrated his ordeal during the second sitting of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Ebonyi state government to look into police brutality, human rights violations, and related extra-judicial killings in Abakalliki, the Ebonyi state...
Police Killed My Sister A Day Before Her NYSC Passing Out Parade, Lady Tells Panel
It was a tearful day as more petitioners in Abuja gave various testimonies at the Independent Investigation Panel set up to look into the allegations of brutality and highhandedness by personnel of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). While the session is ongoing in some states, that of the nation’s capital continued for the second day on Thursday at the...
We’re Making Efforts To Fish Out Rogue Police Officers – Buhari
The president spoke during a meeting with a delegation of the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday. He said the effort is in compliance with the demands of #EndSARS protesters. For 13 days, youth under the #EndSARS campaign protested against police brutality and demanded police reform. Buhari said the voices of youth have been heard and...
Registrar Who Stole N80m From Abuja Court Jailed For Four Years
A federal high court in Kaduna has sentenced Joseph Etefia Udoh to four years in prison for stealing the sum of N80 million. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arraigned Udoh and his wife, Grace in December 2019, on a 12-count charge for converting N80 million deposited in the court by a litigant to personal use. According...
#EndSARS: Aba Area Commander, Ibrahim Not Known For Negligence – Abia CP Declares
Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Janet E. Agbede has absolved Aba Area Commander, ACP Kabiru Ibrahim of negligence. She also stated that ACP Ibrahim is known for diligence, resilience, and proactive in his policing. This is following a newspaper publication on Monday with the title 'POLICEMEN ACCUSE ABA AREA COMMANDER OF NEGLIGENCE' in which ACP Ibrahim was accused of negligence...
